Prime Minister Theresa May was in Cambridge today after announcing a £2bn Government investment in R&D to ensure that the UK remains at the forefront of science and technology.

Prime Minister Theresa May visits the Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridge where she took a short tour of the site and met staff. (Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

The PM visited the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus at Hinxton following the announcement, which she made during her speech at the CBI's annual conference in London.

Prime Minister Theresa May visits the Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridge where she took a short tour of the site and met staff. (Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

She toured the facilities at the campus, which is home to some of Cambridge's leading organisations in the field of genomic research.

The new funding, which will be delivered over the next four years, is part of a new Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to back priority technologies – such as robotics and biotechnology – where the UK has the potential to turn strengths in research into a global industrial and commercial lead.

Prime Minister Theresa May visits the Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridge where she took a short tour of the site and met staff. (Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Mrs May said: "Our modern Industrial Strategy will be ambitious for business and ambitious for Britain.

"It is a new way of thinking for government – a new approach. It is about government stepping up, not stepping back, building on our strengths, and helping Britain overcome the long-standing challenges in our economy that have held us back for too long.

Prime Minister Theresa May visits the Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridge where she took a short tour of the site and met staff. (Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

"It is about making the most of the historic opportunity we now have to signal an important, determined change."